# I love “The Americans” but c’mon… **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [January 31, 2023, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-americans-but-c-mon/979083 "2023-01-31T01:09:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-americans-but-c-mon/979083/81 "2023-05-23T03:38:59Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > And back to Martha, yeah she’s going to live out her years with significant regret. Her family might be able to visit her after some years, but otherwise it’ll be a miserable existence. Remember though that they gave her a baby to raise. That will give her purpose. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-americans-but-c-mon/979083/82 "2023-05-23T06:42:54Z")
Oh yeah I forgot about that. It’s a management by distraction strategy. About P and E, there were several times when they were living in the DC area where I thought E was going to dump him and his capitalist consumption comfort values. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-americans-but-c-mon/979083/83 "2023-05-23T18:07:56Z")
It was part of his cover, but one he perhaps embraced with too much enthusiasm. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-americans-but-c-mon/979083/84 "2023-05-24T04:46:15Z")
He was buying into all the creature comforts, for sure. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-americans-but-c-mon/979083.md?page=4)